Refrigerator having dispenser

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-02-03
LG ELECTRONICS INC
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[0022]The refrigerator according to the embodiments of the present invention has the following advantages.
[0023]A display lamp unit includes a water supply lamp, an ice cube supply lamp and a crushed ice supply lamp to correspond to a water supply button, an ice cube supply button and a crushed ice supply button of the button unit, and the water supply lamp, the ice cube supply lamp and the crushed ice supply lamp implement different colors, whereby different colors may be implemented at the display lamp unit according to types of supply objects selected via the button unit.
[0024]Because a single display lamp implement different colors to correspond to the water supply lamp, the ice cube supply lamp and the crushed ice supply lamp, different colors may be implemented at the display lamp unit according to types of supply objects selected via the button unit. Thus, recognition of selected supply objects can be enhanced and the configuration of the supply object display un

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However, the related art refrigerator has a problem in that recognition with respect to the selected supply object is not good, so if an icon corresponding to the supply object selected by the user is not precisely

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[0056]A refrigerator having a dispenser according to another embodiment of the present invention will now be described. In the following description, any contents and explanations that have already been made for the first embodiment will be omitted for the sake of brevity.

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[0057]FIG. 4 is a front view showing a refrigerator having a dispenser according to the present invention.

[0058]With reference to FIG. 4, in the second embodiment of the present invention, the button unit 220 includes the water supply button 221, the ice cube supply button 222 and the crushed ice supply button 223, and a single display lamp 330 is provided as a supply object display unit.

[0059]The display lamp 330 implements a plurality of colors, and different colors may be implemented such that they correspond to the types of supply objects.

[0060]Because the single display lamp 330 implements different colors to correspond to the water supply button 221, the ice cube supply button 222, and the crushed ice supply button 223 of the button unit 220, different colors can be implemented at the display lamp unit 330 according to the types of supply objects selected via the button unit 220, and thus, the recognition with respect to the selected supply objects can be improved and the conf...

third embodiment

[0061]FIG. 5 is a front view showing a refrigerator having a dispenser according to the present invention.

[0062]With reference to FIG. 5, in the third embodiment of the present invention, the button unit 220 includes the water supply button 221, the ice cube supply button 222 and the crushed ice supply button 223, and a display device 340 is provided as a supply object display unit.

[0063]The display device 340 may implement a plurality of icons, namely, different icons to correspond to types of supply objects. Reference numeral 341 denotes a water supply icon, 342 denotes an ice cube supply icon, and 343 denotes crushed ice supply icon.

[0064]In the third embodiment, the icons 341, 342, and 343 have different colors to correspond to the types of supply objects. Thus, the display device 340 corresponds to types of supply objects selected from the button unit 220, and a corresponding icon among the plurality of icons 341, 342, and 343 each having a different color can be turned.

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Abstract

A refrigerator having a dispenser for supplying selected supply objects such as water, ice, and the like, including: a dispenser body; a button unit formed on the dispenser body and selecting types of supply objects; and a supply object display unit for displaying differently according to types of supply objects selected via the button unit. A display lamp unit includes a water supply lamp, an ice cube supply lamp and a crushed ice supply lamp to correspond to a water supply button, an ice cube supply button and a crushed ice supply button of the button unit, and the water supply lamp, the ice cube supply lamp and the crushed ice supply lamp implement different colors, whereby different colors may be implemented at the display lamp unit according to types of supply objects selected via the button unit.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a refrigerator and, more particularly, a refrigerator having a dispenser allowing ice cubes stored in a refrigerating chamber from being drawn out of the refrigerator without opening a door of the refrigerator.BACKGROUND ART[0002]In general, a refrigerator is a device for keeping food items at storage at a low temperature, in which food items are frozen or refrigerated according to their states.[0003]Cold air supplied to the interior of the refrigerator is generated according to a heat exchange operation of a refrigerant, and continuously supplied into the interior refrigerator while repeatedly performing a cycle of compression-condensation-expansion-evaporation, and the supplied cold air is evenly transmitted into the interior of the refrigerator by convection current to keep food items at storage at a desired temperature within the refrigerator.[0004]Refrigerators are being increased in size and becoming multi-functional as the...

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IPC IPC(8): F25D3/00
CPCF25C5/005F25D2400/361F25D23/126F25C5/22F25D23/02F25D25/00
Inventor ROO, JIN-SUG
Owner LG ELECTRONICS INC
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